Predecessor: | Tony Arbour |
Successor: | Gareth Roberts |
Termstart: | 6 May 2021 |
Term End: | 6 May 2024 |
Assembly: | London |
Constituency Am: | South West |
Party: | Conservative |
Birth Name: | Nicholas James Rogers |
Birth Date: | 19 August 1985 |
Birth Place: | Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England |
Partner: | Liam Rogers |
Nicholas James Rogers (born 19 August 1985) is a former British Conservative Party politician who was the Member of the London Assembly (AM) for South West from 2021 until 2024.[1] [2]
Rogers was born in 1985, the son of Neil Rogers and Fiona Dunn. He received a degree in management from Royal Holloway, University of London.
In 2007, Rogers joined Transport for London as a graduate and spent 18 months as a manager at Waterloo Station. He is also a former special constable in the Metropolitan Police.[3]
Since 2015, he has been an incident controller at Network Rail. From 2016 to 2020, he was a director of TEDxKingstonUponThames.
In 2010, Rogers ran to be a Conservative Councillor in Lambeth for Knight's Hill ward.[4]
He was elected as a Conservative to Tunbridge Wells Borough Council in 2011 and served as a councillor for the Culverden ward until 2015.[5] [6]
He was elected to the London Assembly representing South West London in the 2021 London Assembly election.[7]
In March 2023, he put forward a motion for a new permanent statue of the late Queen Elizabeth ll to be placed in a London location. The motion was passed by the London Assembly.[8]
In May 2023, he became Chair of the London Assembly's Transport Committee.[9]
In June 2023, he announced his plans to step down at the next Assembly election.[10]
Rogers entered into a marriage in 2011 with his partner Liam. Outside politics, his interests are airships, jazz, architecture, history and cats.